Another Tear Stained Letter

(Verse One) Tears slowly shed One by one onto an old rusted page And even though you probably don't read these This routine helps me relieve some of my rage A picture perfect relationship That went down the drain And ended without a goodbye kiss Leaves me here dealing with all this

(Chorus) As the water works Comes knocking on my front door I know I have to ignore my wake up call And continuing doing this some more Postal air mail right to you That contains another tear stained letter With the same inked tattoo That claims I still love you

(Verse Two) I stop at every minute To compose another work of art But it's impossible to complete such a task Without breaking my brittle heart I watch as the time ticks by each night Begging me to just give up But I continue to carefully fight Even though such a decision may not be right

(Chorus) As the water works Comes knocking on my front door I know I have to ignore my wake up call And continuing doing this some more Postal air mail right to you That contains another tear stained letter With the same inked tattoo That claims I still love you

(Bridge) A life of loneliness And no one to turn to but a couple of notes Ones that remind me of us Ones that I sat down and wrote But no longer will I be eaten By love's little monstrous demon That I never even got to meet Before my well known defeat

(Chorus) As the water works Comes knocking on my front door I know I have to ignore my wake up call And continuing doing this some more Postal air mail right to you That contains another tear stained letter With the same inked tattoo That claims I still love you

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